All posts tagged "Championship"
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoYes, it looks like something is really starting to happen for Coetzee’s Springboks
By NICK VERDIER SOUTHAfrica did not have it all their own way like they did against France in the June Test...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPortuguese pathfinder Vieira quits Italy for Rotherham
IT’S A brave decision to swap the sunshine of the Portuguese coast for industrial South Yorkshire, but that’s the choice of...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMorahan happy Bristol match his ambitions
By NEALE HARVEY FORMER Wallabies star Luke Morahan reckons Bristol’s signing of former All Black Charles Piutau has reinforced his decision...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBedford toughening up for promotion bid
BEDFORD player-coach Alex Rae reckons adding grit to his side’s traditional running game will ensure Championship favourites Bristol do not have...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGrace: Plymouth can make mark in six-way title race
By NEALE HARVEY RETURNING Plymouth back rower Eoghan Grace reckons his side are ready to give big-spending Coventry a run for...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCheika has to sort out his sorry Wallabies – and fast
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK It is not all doom and gloom yet for Australia despite that 54-34 hammering by...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRandall runs rings around Rosslyn Park
By TOM LYONS Hartpury …66 Rosslyn Park …12 HARTPURY College were back at their attacking best yesterday scoring ten tries on...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoProtheroe stars in first half before Scarlets bring on the heavy mob
By STEFFAN THOMAS Bristol…26 Scarlets …33 SCARLETS scored 21 unanswered points to inflict a second preseason defeat on Bristol. Wayne Pivac’s...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoPremiership planning for 22-match A-League
By NEALE HARVEY LEICESTER chief Simon Cohen says he would welcome plans to revamp the Premiership A-League by making it a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoYarde ‘hurt’ by Eddie’s snub says Kingston
By GARY FITZGERALD Harlequins…47pts Jersey Reds…21pts JOHN Kingston admits Marland Yarde is “hurting” after being snubbed by Eddie Jones again for...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPumas must let players go abroad
I HAVE never understood the rationale behind Argenina’s recent insistence on picking only from home based professionals in their Jaguares Super...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYou won’t outscrum us warns Du Plessis
NEALE HARVEY finds London Irish’s veteran prop star in defiant mood ahead of the new season NEALE HARVEY Indestructible prop Petrus...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoPeter Jackson: Cricket lost out in battle of tortoise and Hare…
Had everything gone the way he and others planned it, Dusty Hare would never have played rugby for England. He would...
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Shane Williams
/ 8 years agoShane Williams: Quest for Autumn success starts now
The Rugby Championship is a tournament I’ve always enjoyed watching. Its brilliant rugby, played in great conditions and it involves some...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoGary Gold: Time now for Boks to unleash wonderkid
The wave towards the 2019 World Cup is gathering pace and while the wily old veterans will be in situ for...
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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoNick Cain: Lack of common sense could kill Aussie rugby
The Aussies are used to baking hot temperatures and droughts, but as sporting meltdowns go they do not come much worse...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Will All Blacks be fresh to go again?
New Zealand have lost only two of their 27 Rugby Championship matches to date – there was also a draw against...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoContest for No.10 will help keep Chiefs at the top
Exeter hero Gareth Steenson has revealed he is fighting for a new contract just months after leading the Devon outfit to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMeehan glad to be clear of ‘shocking’ Aussie mess
Livewire London Irish scrum-half Ben Meehan has set his heart on impressing England boss Eddie Jones after escaping the “disgraceful” events...
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Features
/ 8 years agoThis is my last chance admits returning Pirate Tom
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA CORNISH Pirates hooker Tom Cowan-Dickie is determined to make the most of his final chance to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoExiles double act with a five-year masterplan
NICK VERDIER meets the new men charged with leading London Welsh’s revival Passioante about Welsh: Sonny Parker, left, and Cai Griffiths...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCricket lost out in battle of tortoise and Hare…
PETER JACKSON Had everything gone the way he and others planned it, Dusty Hare would never have played rugby for England....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTime now for Boks to unleash wonderkid
GARY GOLD The wave towards the 2019 World Cup is gathering pace and while the wily old veterans will be in...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoARGENTINA
FIXTURES: August 19 v South Africa (Port Elizabeth); August 26 v South Africa (Salta); September 9 v New Zealand (New Plymouth);...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoAUSTRALIA
FIXTURES: August 19 v New Zealand (Sydney); August 26 v New Zealand (Dunedin); September 9 v South Africa (Perth); September 16...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoWill All Blacks be fresh to go again?
BRENDAN GALLAGHER runs his expert eye over the Rugby Championship contenders ahead of next weekend’s big kick-off New Zealand have lost...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDebutant Stuart shows his class
Newcastle 31 Doncaster 8 NEWCASTLE made a winning start to their pre-season campaign with a five-try success over Doncaster at Kingston...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHyatt’s Wizards all at sea after shipping points in Penzance
C Pirates 64 Aberavon 7 THE PIRATES proved too hot to handle in the Penzance sun as the Championship side romped...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSheffield 0 Rotherham 61
ROTHERHAM kicked off their pre-season campaign with a comfortable 61-0 victory over Sheffield on Friday evening. The Championship outfit scored nine...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoClinical Tigers capitalise after Ospreys hit by late yellow card
By ROGER PANTING Binned: Rowan Jenkins Winner: Jake Kerr Ospreys 14pts Leicester 21pts A LATE yellow card to young Ospreys prop...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDogged Coventry make it tough for Islanders
By TOM INNES Jersey 26 Coventry 17 JERSEY were made to work hard by a team who have their sights set...
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Shane Williams
/ 8 years agoQuest for Autumn success starts now
Bogey team: Australia have Kurtley Beale back PICTURE: Getty Images THE Rugby Championship is a tournament I’ve always enjoyed watching. It’s...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoChris Robshaw commits to Harlequins
Chris Robshaw will remained at Harlequins until at least 2020 after putting pen to paper on a new deal. A former...
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20 Questions
/ 8 years ago20 Questions: Ross Neal – London Scottish centre
How’s pre-season going? Pretty well, thanks. We’ve been training at the Lensbury Hotel which is a great place to train. The...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoIrish tough guys here to stay now – Kennedy
By NEALE HARVEY BRENDAN Venter’s inspiring leadership will ensure London Irish’s band of callow coaches rise to the task of achieving...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoRead leads Kiwi charge to restore the world order
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Although it might be a slight exaggeration to claim that the Crusaders’ Super Rugby triumph at Ellis Park...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTata Steel…5 Ebbw Vale …26
By ED JONHSON CENTRE James Lewis was at the double as former Principality Premiership champions Ebbw Vale opened their pre-season campaign...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGuernsey defences destroyed by Knights firepower
Guernsey…0 Doncaster…95 By KATIE DAUNT DONCASTER KNIGHTS showed their Championship class as they treated the Guernsey crowd to a 15-try display...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
ARTHUR ELLIS, THE EALING & FORMER OSPREYS AND WASPS OPENSIDE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1....
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Featured
/ 8 years agoScarratt: We’re not champions, just contenders
It seems like yesterday that Emily Scarratt was thrust into the rugby limelight as the leading points scorer and player of...
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Young Gun
/ 8 years agoYoung Gun: Matt Cornish – Ealing Trailfinders hooker
There are many roads to professional rugby but Matt Cornish has taken it to the extreme going from London 1 to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoPeter Jackson: Johnny lost to Wales because of his colour
They carried Johnny Freeman from St. Mary’s church last week and out of what used to be Tiger Bay on a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWhy help Kiwi coaches? They wouldn’t dream of helping us!
Q&A ALI HEPHER ON THE RECORD Recently promoted Exeter head coach Ali Hepher tells NEALE HARVEY how the Premiership champions are...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLean, keen and ready to fight for England dream
By NEALE HARVEY World beaters: Johnny Williams scores against South Africa at last summer’s U20s World Cup, with Joe Marchant in...
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Features
/ 8 years ago20 QUESTIONS
ROSS NEAL L. SCOTTISH CENTRE How’s pre-season going? Pretty well, thanks. We’ve been training at the Lensbury Hotel which is a...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoFar from fun as Wild era kicks off in controversy
In the spotlight: Stade’s Fijian wing Waisea Nayacalevu PICTURE: Getty Images It wasn’t quite what Dr. Hans- Peter Wild ordered this...
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/ 8 years agoJoseph has to reinvent himself now says Mears
Critic: Lee Mears LIONS flop Jonathan Joseph must take a leaf out of Brian O’Driscoll’s book by re-evaluating his game in...
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/ 8 years agoSmith taking a breather
ALL Blacks star Ben Smith is set for a sabbatical following next month’s back-to-back Bledisloe Cup Tests against the Wallabies. Smith...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoGary Gold: Boks reborn with Venter working for the defence
The fact that the All Blacks drew the three-match series with the British and Irish Lions would have been of concern...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLydon plots route to Ireland, via Ealing
Peter Lydon still dreams of playing Test rugby for Ireland and he believes switching from London Scottish to Ealing Trailfinders will...
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